This is Jake, and he is probably the fastest kid on campus. He is very well known for running across country this past year. Literally, all the way across the country. Vermont to Washington, and it took months to complete. It was one of the most highly televised events in the United States to date.
He woke up one morning, and just decided he want to run as far as he could without stopping. He threw on some sweatpants, a hoodie, and running shoes, and started at a casual jog pace from Vermont. He told nobody he wanted to do this, so everyone thought he just woke up and decided to run. He thought that not telling people would be a better way to clear his dead.
Jake was never in it for the money or publicity, just to simply run off his problems, he also didn’t expect to be running for so long. He expected an hour or two long jog, which clearly didn’t happen. He left his house and ran, and ran, and ran, and ran, and ran. He lost track of how far he ran in the first hour, but he wasn’t worried about it, and just kept running.
It took about two days for people to actually realize that he was still running. It began with his friends, who tracked his phone to close to Pennsylvania, and who took a trip to see where he is. They began following and documenting his journey all the way to Washington, once he had decided to do it. The Snapchat videos then became known to the news and more stations were picking up the story to report on.
The National News Stations began to follow him on his journey to the other end of America, along with hordes of people who wanted to witness the remade infamous movie scene. People bought him gifts, food, energy drinks, and took them to the finish of his journey. It was just kind of assumed as to where the finish was going to be once they realized his path. Jake just continued on his merry way with his run. He was getting closer and closer to his finish as he ran, and honestly, he was getting excited.
Jake ran until his feet began to give out, and then he ran some more. He continued to run until he could finally see it, the edge of the state. He ran until he finally made it to his stop destination. Everyone threw their congratulation gifts at him, and he felt as if he was on top of the world. His next goal is to run across the entire continent and see how long it takes. Catch Jake on his next journey running around campus and training.
I can’t believe that Jake has accomplished so much in his life. I low-key wish i could be that successful. I hope his feet feel better after running for so long.
Jake must really get a killer runner’s high to be able to run for so long. He is such an inspiration for young athletes everywhere and I hope that he continues to accomplish these great things throughout the rest of his life.
Jake must be in some really good shape to run that far and that long. I totally wish I could do that but, I am in no shape to run from the Intramural building to East Halls. Jake’s story is very inspiring and shows people that you can really achieve anything in your life. Great post I can’t wait for the next ones!